A journalist with 4+ years of experience in digital and broadcast media, Ishika Yadav covers Indian Politics, World News and Human Interest pieces for Hindustan Times.
Articles by Ishika Yadav
Imran Khan's unceremonious exit as Pak PM: A timeline of events
Khan, 69, is the first prime minister in Pakistan's 75-year history to have lost the no confidence motion. Here is a timeline of events of Imran Khan's exit.
Published on Apr 10, 2022 08:43 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Imran Khan's contentious remarks as Pak PM on Osama, sexual crimes - A look back
Here are 8 most controversial remarks made by Imran Khan during his tenure as Prime Minister.
Published on Apr 10, 2022 07:22 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Heatwave scorches states; these are the 10 hottest places in India
Gujarat and Rajasthan together account for seven of the ten hottest cities in India right now with temperature above 44 degree celsius in all seven cities. Here are the 10 hottest places in India right now.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 12:35 PM IST
Ishika Yadav
Delhi faces severe heatwave as IMD issues ‘orange alert’ | Weather update
On Friday, a 'severe heatwave' scorched Delhi with the city recording a maximum temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 12:29 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
‘Dissolve petroleum ministry': Akhilesh Yadav on ‘reckless’ hike in fuel prices
The opposition leader's attack comes as petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that hike in petrol prices in India are linked to the surge in international prices caused by the Ukraine war.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 12:15 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
India Covid update: 1,150 fresh infections, slightly higher than yesterday
Covid-19: Over 1.40 lakh booster vaccine doses were also administered in the last 24 hours. The Covid booster dose will now be available to the 18+ population starting from Sunday.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 10:19 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
UP CMO account 'hacked by anti-social elements': State govt warns strict action
The profile picture on the UP CMO account was replaced by the image of “Bored Ape NFT” by the hacker. Over 600 social media accounts of the central government were hacked in the last five years, Anurag Thakur informed the Parliament.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 09:33 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Lashkar terrorist killed in J&K's Anantnag; another encounter on in Kulgam
Security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Sirhama area of Anantnag on Saturday morning following inputs about the presence of terrorists there.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 09:21 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
No respite in China Covid surge, Germany rejects vaccine mandate: 10 updates
Global Covid-19 update: China is reported to be battling its worst wave of infections since the start of the pandemic, driven by the BA.2 sublineage of the Omicron variant. Here are the global Covid-19 updates in 10 points.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 07:56 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Priyanka Chopra on Ukraine to world leaders: 'Largest refugee crisis...'| Video
"Will you give the billions they need?" Chopra says, seeking an amplification of the message. "This is the largest refugee crisis we've seen as human beings," the actor says at the end of the 1.5 minute-long clip.
Published on Apr 09, 2022 06:44 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Govt sources deny reports of first case Covid XE variant in India: Report
"Present evidence does not suggest that it is 'XE' variant of Covid-19," a source said.
Published on Apr 06, 2022 10:04 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
India reports first XE Covid case: Everything you need to know about the variant
The World Health Organisation said it is a hybrid of two sub lineages of Omicron - BA.1 and BA.2. Here is what we know about the XE variant so far.
Updated on Apr 06, 2022 06:24 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Chidambaram says Criminal Procedure Identification Bill violates dignity
Slamming the Opposition for raising the issue of human rights, Amit Shah said the latter should rather be concerned about the human rights of the law-abiding victims of crime.
Published on Apr 06, 2022 05:10 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Russia lists ‘goodwill gesture’ for talks, has a condition to end Ukraine war
Russia said that it has halted the attack on Kyiv as a ‘goodwill gesture’ to promote peace talks, but it will end its ‘military operation’ only if Zelenskyy agrees on these two conditions.
Published on Apr 06, 2022 03:52 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
In Lok Sabha, Scindia hits out at Operation Ganga critics: India stayed till end
The evacuation mission was started on February 22 with the aim to evacuate stranded Indians from the east European nation after Russia's invasion on February 24.
Published on Apr 05, 2022 10:33 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Mumbai: CNG, PNG prices to be increased tomorrow | Details here
The price of CNG has been increased in New Delhi as well by ₹2.5 per kg to ₹64.11 per kg on Tuesday.
Published on Apr 05, 2022 09:41 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
‘India is 1/10th…’: Hardeep Puri in Lok Sabha as fuel prices hiked for 13th time
“The prices in the US have increased by 51 per cent, but only 5 per cent in India,” Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.
Published on Apr 05, 2022 07:30 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
In Himachal Pradesh, Satyendar Jain takes 'freebies' jibe at AAP's critics
Jain also said if the Centre could provide 400-500 units of free electricity to ministers, then why can't the AAP government provide 300 units of free electricity to the general public.
Published on Apr 05, 2022 05:57 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
'Uttarakhand will be 'first' state...' Pushkar Singh Dhami keeps poll promise
On the last day of the campaign in the recently held assembly elections, Dhami had announced forming a committee of experts to form a Uniform Civil Code draft for Uttarakhand.
Published on Apr 05, 2022 05:26 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Sri Lanka turmoil: Oppn slams Prez offer for unity govt, stir rages| Top points
Reports said Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa would continue to remain in office even as all members of the Cabinet tendered their resignations to the PM a day ago. Here are top developments of the crisis in the island nation.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 11:01 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Amit Shah says his loud voice a manufacturing defect, gets ‘angry only when…’
While presenting the ‘Criminal Procedure (Identification)’ bill, the home minister was interrupted by a Trinamool Congress MP who said “you speak as if you are scolding”.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 08:56 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Cong’s Sidhu says AAP has unleashed 'anarchy, jungle raj in Punjab'
The government of Bhagwant Mann has been facing heat from opposition parties on several fronts since the commencement of its tenure in Punjab.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 06:38 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Kharge says Modi hiding behind Nehru to evade discussions on inflation
On March 25, finance minister Nirmala Sitharam had recalled Nehru’s 1951 speech when he had spoken about how the Korean war affected prices in India.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 06:10 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Yogi to visit home turf day after cops attacked at Gorakhnath temple
Police suspects there could be a terror angle given the fact that UP CM Yogi Aditynath visits the region often.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 03:24 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Ukraine-Russia war: President Kovind says India’s stand ‘stable and consistent’
India has so far maintained a neutral stance on the war, while calling for an end to the violence.
Published on Apr 03, 2022 04:06 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Covid: Haryana joins list of states with no-mask mandate as cases dip in India
Not wearing the mask in public became a punishable offence in most states after the Covid-19 pandemic struck the country. Here’s a list of states where masks are not mandatory in public places.
Published on Apr 02, 2022 09:51 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Sohini Goswami
'From the east of Europe... dark shadows of war': Pope's veiled Putin criticism
Pope Francis has condemned the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and hit out at the Russian aggression several times, but has till date avoided referring to Russia or Putin by name.
Updated on Apr 02, 2022 06:14 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Eye on 2023 polls, Rahul Gandhi to meet Telangana leaders on Monday
With Congress making efforts for the success of its membership drive, the party's Telangana unit is ahead of other southern states in enrolling new members, party sources told media.
Published on Apr 02, 2022 03:18 PM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
India daily cases below 1,500-mark for 3rd day amid global Omicron surge
Covid-19 cases: France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and China are struggling with a fresh surge of infections whereas the daily positivity rate has dropped to 0.20 per cent in India.
Published on Mar 30, 2022 09:54 AM IST
Ishika Yadav
Zelenskyy says ‘Ukraine isn't naive’ as Russia pledges to trim attack: 10 points
Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian President responded to Russia's promise to curtail military operations by saying that the people of Ukraine are ‘not naive.’ As Russia's aggression in Ukraine enters Day 35, here are the top 10 developments.
Published on Mar 30, 2022 09:03 AM IST
Ishika Yadav | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh